Practitioner Research Idea Summit
PRISm 2025
The first edition under the name PRISm. The course ran online from 10 March 2025, and introduced a new role, the Learning Buddy, for participants of earlier editions.
5 MarApplications closedExtended on public request
8 MarCandidates notified2025
9 MarOnline orientationSunday, 9 March 2025
10 MarCourse beganOnline and asynchronous
₹100Learner feeCharged only if the application was shortlisted
Eligibility
Three ways to take part
Participation was open to EdTech Society members only.
LearnerSchool or higher education teachers with no prior research experience in educational technology.
Preference went to those who had identified a teaching–learning problem in their own setting, or carried out an EdTech-based intervention they wanted to document and share.
Research BuddyResearchers who have published in reputed, peer-reviewed conferences or journals in educational technology.
Those with full or short papers at T4E, ICLS, CSCL, ICCE, Compute, LAK or conferences of similar standing were especially encouraged.
Learning Buddy (new)Past participants of DETR 2023 or DETR 2024 who hold a Certificate of Completion, or who presented a poster, workshop, tools demo, PRISm-track paper or best practice at T4E.
DETR 2023 Certificates of Participation counted as completion; DETR 2024 participation-only holders were encouraged to rejoin as learners.
What was expected
Roles and responsibilities
- Meet your assigned research buddy regularly online to discuss progress and get guidance.
- Refine your research idea, design a study plan, and document your research: data collection, analysis and interpretation.
- Draft your paper, use your research buddy’s feedback, and prepare it for a peer-reviewed conference or journal.
- Take part in the Discussion Forum: share insights, ask questions and support fellow learners.
- Complete assignments on time: the idea proposal, the study plan and the final paper.
- After the reviews arrive, prepare the camera-ready version with your research buddy.
- Review the learning materials in the LMS.
- Meet your assigned learners regularly online until the paper submission deadline.
- Guide learners to improve their idea proposal, design the study, collect, analyse and interpret data, and write the paper.
- Take part in the Discussion Forum, track learners’ progress and report to the coordination team when needed.
- Point learners to extra resources when needed.
- After the reviews arrive, guide learners in preparing the camera-ready version.
Research buddies receive a Certificate of Appreciation and may be co-authors if they meet the co-authorship criteria.
- Take part in the Discussion Forum, especially the peer review of other learners’ assignments.
- Guide learners when needed and point them to relevant resources.
- Pick up your own research where you left off, using the new timeline and support (instructors and TAs) to work towards a full paper.
- For example, if you completed your idea and study proposals but could not run the study, join the relevant sessions, complete it, and optionally resubmit updated assignments for feedback.
- If you previously had a poster accepted, extend the research and submit a full paper.
Recognition
Certificates and authorship
LearnersA Certificate of Completion on completing the programme, and the chance to be first author of their paper.
Research BuddiesA Certificate of Appreciation for their mentorship, and possible co-authorship if they meet the criteria below.
Learning BuddiesA Certificate of Appreciation for their learning support, and the chance to continue their own research and explore collaborations.
Co-authorship
Co-authorship was reserved for people who met all three criteria.
Research buddies who did not meet all three were named in the Acknowledgment section instead. Research buddies agreed their level of involvement with their learners at the start.
Before submitting to any conference or journal, learners, research buddies and learning buddies gave the PRISm Orchestration Team a self-declaration of their specific contributions.
01Intellectual contributionA significant contribution to the conception or design of the work, or to acquiring, analysing or interpreting its data.
02Drafting and revisingHelped draft the article, or reviewed and revised it for intellectual content.
03ApprovalApproved the final version as accepted for publication, including references.
Organisation
PRISm 2025 team
Programme lead
RP
Rumana Pathan
Teaching assistants
AS
Alisha Sinha
AS
Amrit Pal Singh
Consultant
NA
Nandan P A
Advisory committee
SI
Sridhar Iyer
SM
Sahana Murthy
Sameer SahasrabudheIIT Gandhinagar
JM
Jayakrishnan M.
Resource persons
SS
Spruha SatavlekarLearning content revision
SI
Sridhar IyerResearch buddy training
SM
Sahana MurthyResearch buddy training
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